34000 mi

cars brakelights on while driving and off while braking. Brake switch issue

19220 mi	HVAC stopped working one very cold morning for approx. 1 minute. It came back on, and never happened again. Technicians couldn't find a problem, so replaced entire HVAC control unit, as it was under warranty.
39680 mi	Squeeky HVAC fan - blower motor replaced.
88660 mi C $800	Driver-side headlight connection shorting out - connection replaced.
90520 mi C $1350	Right headlight cutting in and out periodically. Replaced high/low bulbs and 4 wiring connector terminals reinstalled.
97720 mi C $1081	Trunk wouldn't open. Found open wire and repaired.

12000 mi	Radio replaced. CD player made skipping or tracking noises, started suddenly overnight. Fine one day, noisy nextday. called dealer, they ordered radio, said it would be a few weeks, it was a few days! replaced radio, washed car and no other troubles.
14000 mi US $120	front 12 power outlet wasnt working . fixed .
31000 mi	speaker rattle. replaced under warranty.

16000 mi	Right front channel of stereo stopped working. Tech decided to replace radio. Radio ordered.
17000 mi	Radio replaced and owner notified to pick up vehicle. Owner discovered that original problem still exists. Tech didn't even check to see if all speakers were working after installing new radio. And they call this "service"?
17000 mi	Right front stereo speaker replaced.
18000 mi	Failure of remote tire pressure sensor. Sensor replaced but has since failed again within two weeks.
19000 mi	Recurring failure of tire pressure monitoring system. New visit, new excuses, no fix.
56800 mi	Failure of Body Control Module (BCM) resulting in loss of brake light function.
107000 mi US $200	Radio totally failed

25000 mi	Radio fading out - dealer replaced radio.
109100 mi US $465	Instrument panel gage needles did not light up - replaced instrument panel cluster

6000 mi	Heated seats come on randomly. They could not find the problem so they disconnected the switch by the seat While on vacation heat for both seats came on and could not be turned off because switches were disconnected. Stayed on for 2 hours. I hooked switches back up. Had to turn off at switch 2 more times. Dealer could not find issue. Pulled main fuse for heat.
14000 mi	remote control does not work all the time. Replaced both remotes and still does not work all the time, will have to return.
14000 mi	remote would not open door or work remote start. the dealer had the car 5 days and could not repair. Still happening
16000 mi	Remote would not work. They said they could not duplicate the issue. Kept car 1 week, gave it back unfixed. Car went back in 3 days later for 4 days. Still not fixed. Remote - Car went back in 3 days later for 4 days. Still not fixed.
19000 mi	still could not get remote units to work....
	remote stopped working. both replaced again

20000 mi

Lower tone horn malfunction and needs to be replaced.

6000 mi

Service traction control warning 7 times, trans op. erratic. Map sensor replaced plus damaged wiring harness for bsm module from factory repaired.

69000 mi US $100

Air bag sensor replaced

20000 mi	Onstar phone would not connect - intermittant problem.
32000 mi	Headlight shorted out

55180 mi C $600

driver side auto door lock doesn't work. Replaced whole lock module.

38440 mi

Connector behind dash came loose, flickering lights. Dealer covered all.. very happy

14322 mi

Oil change. Airbag light coming on. Faulty trace found, repaired PPS connector contact. Moldy smell in AC continues. Prev. owner claims Transmission clunks into gear. Not able to reproduce.

22000 mi

Steering Wheel Button Control Module Replaced -Cruise Control side.

35000 mi

Motors for windows, seats, etc., repair

104000 mi US $375

Airbag malfunction light was in. Turned out to just be a sensor, which was replaced.

77000 mi US $150

Replaced the battery.

6200 mi

replace noisy starter affected by cold temp, replace strut mounts due to noisy right front suspension. the problems still exhist after parts replacement

100 mi

climate control unit not adjusting fan speed. fan would remain on high at all times in auto fan mode. the fan speed would never lower itself as the in car tempeture was met. dealer replaced entire climate control in dash unit. works great now!

39000 mi

Window regulator Passenger front side window regulator replaced. Covered under extended warranty

25000 mi US $98

Dead battery

125000 mi US $134	Replace old battery
153000 mi US $130	Third brake light out

77000 mi US $81	Center hi mount brake lite inop. Thought to be part of recall. Lite is LED on some vehicles, this car has LED lite. Still awaiting new unit from Gm-parts direct.
112000 mi US $127	Battery replaced

72540 mi C $70

Both low beam headlights were gone. I had to removed the entire bumper to replace this bulbs as well as the parking/ sider light

3000 mi

On-Star transmitter failure.

37000 mi US $49

Passenger seat dead. They said the wiring harness had disconnected. They reconnected it. Seat now OK

38000 mi US $43

Drivers power seat stopped working.

211 mi	Cabin roof leaking. Dealer replaced Satellite Antenna and gasket. Under Warrantee.
12000 mi	Wife's remote keyfob not working. Replaced battery and noticed that battery connection was detached inside the unit. Took to dealer and they examined, ordered a replacement, as they had none in stock. Dealer replaced keyfob, working fine.

54000 mi US $120

the remotes both quit working. was not battery related in the remotes.

1000 mi	Center high-mount brake light was out - bad harness which was replaced.
5000 mi	Air conditioning did not work.
75600 mi US $275	Alternator replacement

38000 mi US $65

passenger air bag would sometimes turn off even though passenger was seated. Eventually the check air bag light came on. Found wiring under drivers seat ripped out from loom and pass. seat connector undone. Wiring repaired.

21000 mi	Every time I would turn the air conditioning on their was a pulsating noise coming from the engine compartment. When I would turn the air conditioning off the noise would go away. The passenger side panel turn signal light was burned out. The dealership discovered that the pulsating noise when the A/C was running was the A/C compressor clutch seizing. The dealership replaced the A/C compressor and the noise went away. The new turn signal light bulb that the dealership installed did not work so they now need to replace the wiring harness for the light.
23000 mi	The light now works after the dealer replaced the wiring harness. The pulsating noise that my air conditioning was making before came back. Previous visit dealership replaced air conditioning compressor which solved the problem temporarily. Now the dealership discovered a leak in a air conditioning hose. Parts are on or
24000 mi	AC system low on R134 due to leak at compressor discharge hose at crimp fitting. Replaced hose and recharged the AC system.

11000 mi	Key fob lost programing.
18000 mi	Seatbelt light intermittent. key fob lost programming
20000 mi	Passenger seatbelt light and warning tone malfunction Fob doesn't retain program or code.
26000 mi	Both fobs not working. Made an appointment to get the fobs reprogrammed and an oil change. Service manager said that, despite the appointment, he was too busy to get to the car.
28000 mi	Airbag sensor malfunctions. Passenger seatbelt won't activate or deactivate with the ignition on. When someone gets in the car, you have to turn off the ignition and restart to activate the passenger bag. No code thrown = dealer clueless. Both fobs quit working AGAIN - both replaced.

2000 mi

Driver Express down did not work.

118400 mi US $85

Headlight and front driver blinker needed replacing.

5000 mi	top part of onstar antenna separated from the base due a broken piece (bolt?) Dealer replaced the antenna and all is well- no charge to me.
8000 mi	ECS and ABS lights on. Bad sensor on right front wheel for abs/ecs due to "frayed wire" Unit was replaced and all is fine.

4000 mi	Info and Reset buttons on steering wheel intermittently fail to work. Dealer could not reproduce, so not fixed.
13000 mi	Steering wheel mounted audio controls not working properly intermittently. Volume up sometimes lowers the volume. Volume down sometimes changes to next radio station. Problem duplicated and new steering wheel switch ordered.
14000 mi	Although part was ordered during previous visit for steering wheel controls, dealer never called. But strangely part was not needed because when they originally removed and reinstalled the control it started working normally again.

52000 mi US $116	Tire pressure light stays on. Dealer found no signal from tire pressure monitor. Replaced tire pressure indicator sensor under extended warranty.
62000 mi US $100	Replaced right door lock actuator that was causing error message light to go on--cleared light error message

50000 mi US $160

new key fobs

24000 mi	Two buttons on the radio and the eject button stopped working.
27000 mi	Airbag light would come on all the time. They replaced the sensor in passenger seat. Radio would drift. Replaced antenna module.
30000 mi	Passenger presence module for airbag system.

14000 mi

Same as previous but occurring more frequently and with greater engine drag. (Service traction light)

18000 mi	Right rear passenger window was not fully opening. It bound up approximately 1/3 of the way through it's downward travel, but could be raised back to fully closed. Was fixed under factory warranty at same time as 18,000 mile scheduled maintenance.
29000 mi	"sharkfin" antenna broken while brushing snow off the windshield & roof. Replaced with new antenna that dealer had in stock. Overall, spent approx. 20 minutes at the dealer while employee searched the storage rooms for the correct part. Radio works...
42000 mi US $50	Automatic HVAC controller not working as designed. Would blow cold air when set to 60 deg F (expected), but would blow hot air when set to 61 or higher... even when outside air temp was 80+ deg F. Fixed by replacing entire HVAC controller/head unit.
99000 mi US $458	Headlights - one went out, replaced both. Required removal of front bumper to access rear of headlamp assembly. Both key fob transmitters stopped working, replacement batteries did not solve. Replaced both transmitters.
110000 mi US $173	Left front turn signal bulb burned out. Replaced both Left and Right turn signal bulbs.

16000 mi	Remote control did not work sometimes. Replaced remote (in stock), problem solved.
22000 mi	Passenger seat belt light & alarm with no one in passenger seat. Passenger seatbelt alarm beeps when no passenger in seat. Dealer reset computer.

2480 mi	Changed defective speaker.
35540 mi C $90	replace tire sensor

5000 mi	Service air-bag light came on. Found to be a loose connection in the door, (was a side air-bag.)
19000 mi	AC not cooling as before. Part had to be ordered. Part replaced and AC now working. Had a rental car for the day.
23000 mi	Instrument cluster display sometimes inoperative Cruise control got stuck and car kept accelerating. Cruise switch sticking so was replaced.

80000 mi

New battery died (last straw) possibly because the windows were left down and the inside of the doors got wet in the rain. That started the electrical issues (ie doors locking/unlocking randlomy - had to remove the door lock fuse).

50 mi

intermittent radio reception

4000 mi

a/c intermittent ops.Dealer replaced controller.

57300 mi US $65

Cleaned out clogged AC/Heater tubes.

11077 mi	Radio had weak reception. There was a technical bulletin on the problem. Dealer replaced at no cost.
73000 mi US $1100	Windshield washers stopped working. dealer replaced pump motor. Covered under extended warranty.

3000 mi	Experiencing poor FM reception with the radio. Stations drift. Radio is basic Aura radio (no XM, no multi-disc CD player. Dealer ordered an antenna amplifier to attempt to improve reception. Install scheduled for 12/13/06.
4000 mi	Problems with poor FM radio reception since delivery. In November the dealer identified it and agreed it was a problem and ordered an antenna module. It was installed, but problem isn't completely gone. Better, though.

37000 mi

I have had to replace the battery twice about a year apart. The first time it went dead I had to get a jump start to get to work and it shorted out my audio system nothing else just the radio. Still not fixed!

11000 mi	Window control on drivers door for back rear right window would not work. Had it replaced.
16000 mi	Remote to unlock the car was not working. The circuit board was bad. They replaced the remote for me, under warranty. 0 charge. Very pleased.

99000 mi

Dash Information Cluster would not reset or change

31000 mi

replaced broken key fob

76000 mi US $95

Replace broken tire pressure sensor.

4788 mi	Intermittent radio reception Radio update (poor reception)
17360 mi	Three radio buttons unresponsive (incl. Eject). Whole head unit replaced.
31620 mi	Faulty dome light, loose switch Wrong part ordered (dome light) Part replaced
38440 mi	Sensor errors on passenger seat, then driver seat Sensor replaced, problem returned same day Sensor issue was finally a battery issue (had not been checked)
39680 mi	Cruise control would not stay on. Second time in three years. Bad reception on radio after cruise control repair. Amp and cable replaced.
41540 mi	Noticeable ticking noise from passenger side heater. Dealer attempted to lubricate parts. Problem returned within a day.
42780 mi	Cruise control failed again (third time in 3 years), this time with brake lights either turning on on their own or not turning on at all.
43400 mi	Radio, then amp dead. 2 weeks to replace radio, then 2 weeks to replace amp !
43400 mi	Right side heater still making ticking noise when sold.

29000 mi	"Info" button on steering wheel stopped working.
32000 mi	Windshield wiper switch on steering column did not operate in all positions. Removed and replaced by dealer under warranty.
46000 mi	Passenger side airbag does not turn off when passenger leaves. Passenger side seat belt warning continues to flash & periodically ding without passenger in seat until car turned off and restarted. Could not replicate at dealer. Moisture collects in driver's side tail light assembly. Previously replaced passenger side tail light assembly for same problem. Told not a problem, they all do that, so long as it dissipates on its own and does not collect in bottom of tail light.

21000 mi	Both keyless entry remote fobs had broken battery terminals due to poor soldering. Took fobs apart and resoldered using good quality flux and solder. They are working fine after repair.
27000 mi	Air bag system gives false service required message.
28000 mi	replaced faulty passenger seat airbag sensor
36000 mi US $50	Computer had to be reprogrammed after losing all coding for most accessory functions including lights, remote access, pedal control.

62000 mi US $100	Blower motor made ticking noise. Dealer replaced blower motor. Now there is a loud roar and vibration that can be felt in the wheel and pedals. Repair was worse than original problem.
66000 mi US $100	Replaced heater core. Coolant smell went away for 2 weeks, and then showed back up. Will call shop and schedule a follow up appointment.
79000 mi US $100	Air conditioner condensation dripping on floor. Cleaned A/C drain.
84000 mi US $100	Condensation dripping on passenger's side floor mat. Dealer allegedly unclogged A/C drain. Problem not fixed. Tried another dealer. Found cracked evaporator housing. Repaired. Problem solved. A/C would not cool down very quickly. Would occasionally not turn or or turn off. Found A/C system was overcharged. Purged and refilled A/C system. Now operates as designed.
88000 mi	Evaporator housing cracked again. Replacement ordered.
90000 mi	Replaced cracked evaporator housing. A/C no longer drips on floor but cabin fills with antifreeze vapors.
90000 mi	Three dealers could not fix antifreeze fumes leaking into cabin. Made me sick, stopped driving car.

86800 mi

Center brake light out. Replaced LED & circuit board R/H brake light out. Replaced LED & circuit board L/H headlight out. Replaced bulb

53000 mi	Heater switch on the drivers seat
54000 mi	Heated seats would just turn on while you are driving

109300 mi	Trunk latch release button not working trunk won't open. checked connections, swapped relay. can here relay switching so button and electrical connection good. inspected wiring to latch no obvious damage. Next will replace mecahanism
110000 mi US $40	Replace passenger side headlight. Major pain Blown speaker passenger door, removed panel and replaced speaker

91000 mi US $99	CD changer stopped working a long time ago. Finally got around to having it replaced with another factory 6-disc changer.
94000 mi US $42	Master power window switch on driver's door would lower but would not raise passenger window. Replaced master power window switch.
99000 mi US $100	Car failed to start after sitting for a few days. Battery tested and found defective. Replaced battery.

22000 mi

Power window button sticking. Button replaced.

92000 mi US $60

Wiring faulty causing various problems;most annoying is seat warmer turns itself on ALL the time. They can never find it,& I doubt they try:/ They charged me for diagnostics, even tho they fixed NOTHING! I complained,but they made me pay

1860 mi

dome light switch stopped working because the plastic inside was warped/melted. Saturn ordered new dome light and installed in less than an hour. The dome light was fine before I took the car into another dealership for a tint, so I'm thinking it may ha dome light switch stopped working because the plastic inside was warped/melted. Saturn ordered new dome light and installed in less than an hour. The dome light was fine before I took the car into another dealership for a tint, so I'm thinking it may ha

16000 mi

Both keyfob's battery brackets broken at solder joint. Keyfobs replaced.

500 mi	Purchased the car on 05/19/2007 Returned car to dealer 05/23/07 due to warning light from the driver information center saying "Service Hybrid" Dealer replaced blown fuse related to Hybrid powertrain controller.
12000 mi	The main fuse for the Hybrid system blew again necessitating this time due to a problem in the fuse block. The service group replaced the fuse block.
19000 mi	A blown fuse caused the transmission control unit to lock the car into 2nd gear. The problem was caused by a short in the wiring. The wiring was restrung which resolved the short.
97000 mi US $1000	The compressor had failed and required replacement.

4000 mi

wiper blades would stop in the middle of the downward sweep, then use that position as their "park"

29000 mi

The lock on the rear passenger door would not automatically lock or unlock. Had to order the part.

29000 mi

Drivers side seat heater switch short - heater would turn itself on randomly resulting in hot buns

4000 mi

Also returned next day (<5 min) to have tire pressure sensors retrained- flashed.